Prof. Paul M Cunningham is Director IEEE Division VI and Director of IST-Africa Institute, a not-for-profit strategic collaboration with African ministries responsible for Innovation, Science and Technology. Founded in 2002, IST-Africa focuses on strengthening ministry policy and strategy capacity, and helped African universities secure over €200 million in research funding over the last ten years. Supported by European Commission and African Union Commission, IST-Africa is a member of UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and recognized by ITU as a WSIS 2018 Prizes Champion. As President  & CEO, IIMC, Paul leads teams providing technological, strategic, and policy expertise to government organizations and research programs.

Affiliated with IUM (Namibia), and Wrexham Glyndŵr University (Wales), Coordinator of mHealth4Afrika, Paul has an interdisciplinary background (Trinity College Dublin; Kodály Institute of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music; UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School; DSV, Stockholm University) and was recognized by Enterprise Ireland as an Irish Champion of EU Research (2015, 2017).